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House to Vote on Formal Condemnation of Trump's 'Xenophobic Tweets'

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced in a letter to colleagues released Monday that the House will vote on a resolution to officially condemn the president's recent tweets directed at Democratic freshman lawmakers of color.

he U.S. House of Representatives will vote on a formal resolution to officially condemn recent tweets by President Donald Trump aimed at four freshmen progressives that have been widely condemned as racist and xenophobic, according to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi in a letter to colleagues Monday.

Pelosi revealed there will be "a forthcoming resolution" sponsored by Representative Tom Malinowski, born in Poland during the Cold War, and Representative Jamie Raskin, along with "other Democratic Members born abroad."

The move to formally condemn the president's recent remarks will force Republicans to choose whether or not to rebuke statements issued by Trump on Twitter that have been lambasted as racist.

The resolution, titled "Condemning President Trump's racist comments directed at
Members of Congress," was officially filed by only Malinowski Monday evening and placed on Tuesday's House floor schedule for a vote.

Trump doubled down Monday and continued to defend his remarks that a group of minority congresswomen should "go back" to the "crime infested places" they "came from," suggested he is the one who is owed an apology and denied the notion his statements were racist. The first-term, outspoken lawmakers whom his attacks were directed at were Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts. As members of Congress, all four women—who've become known as "The Squad"—are U.S. citizens, and only Omar was born outside of the country.

"Let me be clear, our Caucus will continue to forcefully respond to these disgusting attacks," Pelosi said in her letter, which was released by her office. "The House cannot allow the President's characterization of immigrants to our country to stand. Our Republican colleagues must join us in condemning the President's xenophobic tweets."